Dislocation of a criminal group of telephone scams in Ioannina — The “collector” was arrested

The criminal group had set up a well-organized deception network, targeting mainly elderly people in Ioannina. The perpetrators made surprise calls, pretending to be doctors and, claiming that a relative of their victims had been seriously injured and needed immediate surgery, demanded large sums of money, which their accomplice would receive from the victim's home. The scammers' plan was uncovered when a woman, who received a similar phone call…